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Burnaby, B.C., is eager to build, but stymied by funding gap
Empty lots at 6857 and 6875 Royal Oak Avenue Burnaby, British Columbia, March 19, 2022. The City of Burnaby partnered with Catalyst non-profit housing provider to develop 134 units (six market rate) on a city-owned site. It's been rezoned and is shovel ready, but BC Housing rejected it for funding. Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail.
Why should you care about the Hungarian elections? Because the future of an ‘illiberal democracy’ is at stake
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban waves as he is applauded after giving a speech marking Hungary's Revolution and Independence Day on March 15, 2022 in front of the parliament building of Budapest. - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and opposition leader Peter Marki-Zay held separate mass rallies in Budapest ahead of an unpredictable parliamentary election scheduled for April 3, 2022. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)
The cleaner vs. the military: A historic battle against sexual harassment
Elizabeth Renzetti
GM to idle Indiana truck plant for two weeks due to ongoing semiconductor chip shortages
FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/
New EU competition rules for Big Tech likely to set global standard, experts say
FILE PHOTO: EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager holds a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Yemen is starving, but the deepest hunger is for peace
Amplify: Daycare workers are heroes. After a year, I finally met those who care for my daughter
Children's backpacks and shoes are seen at a CEFA (Core Education and Fine Arts) Early Learning daycare franchise, in Langley, B.C., on May 29, 2018. Ontario child-care operators and staff are calling on the provincial government to take steps to make daycares safer during the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the sector's long-term viability. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Ron Thom original in West Vancouver needs a little TLC
Done Deal, 5405 Greentree Rd., West Vancouver, B.C.
As many as 300 people killed in Mariupol theatre bombing, local officials say
FILE PHOTO: General view of the remains of the drama theatre which was hit by a bomb when hundreds of people were sheltering inside, amid ongoing Russia's invasion, in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 18, 2022. Azov Handout/ via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo
Canadian dollar steadies near two-month high ahead of speech by BoC deputy governor
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
North Korea’s ICBM launch: A closer look at the missile and what Kim Jong-un may be planning next
People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's ICBM at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 25, 2022. North Korea said Friday it test-fired its biggest-yet intercontinental ballistic missile under the orders of leader Kim Jong Un, who vowed to expand the North's "nuclear war deterrent" while preparing for a "long-standing confrontation" with the United States. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Donna E. Young is reimagining a law school for the future
Donna Young is dean of Ryerson University’s Lincoln Alexander School of Law, a unique academic environment focusing on how the law intersects with and perpetuates discrimination.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, some South Asian weddings have become small in size, big on extravagance
Mariam Ismail’s wedding at Embassy Grand Convention Centre in Brampton. Credit: Photography by Azra
More in the middle: Family looks to create open space with renovation of Ontario home
Home of David and Sharyn Yeatman near Brooklin, Ont. Design by Studio Lau.
Failure to launch: Why more women aren’t ascending to the top roles at Canada’s largest companies
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Editor’s note: Until there are more women in executive positions, we need a little less conversation and a little more action
Dawn Calleja, editor of ROB magazine, Nov 2021
Canada needs to design buildings that will shrink its disaster credit card balance
Workers put out markers around a devastated area of Timberlea in Fort McMurray Alta, on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Newly published research suggests the fire cast a lasting shadow over the lives of many residents who are still experiencing elevated rates of depression and related mental-health problems. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Globe Arts Recommends: Cirque du Soleil’s return, Scenes from a Marriage, and more
Marsha Lederman
How corporate Canada fares when it comes to gender diversity
Downtown Toronto at King & Bay streets.
Thunderbird’s CEO has Disney-sized plans for the company, but is not losing sight of what really matters: her employees
The rise of Netflix, Disney and other streaming services—which expect to spend $230 Billion in content this year alone—has been a boon for studios like Vancouver-based Thunderbird Entertainment.
Canadian factory sales likely rose 3.7% in February, Statscan says in flash estimate
Employees work on the Honda CR-V vehicle on the assembly line at the production facilities of Honda Canada Manufacturing in Alliston, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Cole Burston
China’s Sinopec suspends talks for petrochemical investment, gas marketing venture in Russia: sources
FILE PHOTO: The company logo of Sinopec Corp is displayed at a gas station in Hong Kong August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA)/File Photo
Kazakh oil woes another headache for top Western producers amid Ukraine war
FILE PHOTO: Workers walk as oil pumps are seen in the background in the Uzen oil and gas field in the Mangistau Region of Kazakhstan November 13, 2021. Picture taken November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/File Photo
Chinese streaming platforms take down films starring Keanu Reeves after he participated in Tibet-related concert
Keanu Reeves arrives at the premiere of "The Matrix Resurrections" on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
BRP to make electric motorcycles, with first models expected to be available in 2024
Workers make snowmobiles at a BRP factory, in Valcourt, Que., on Oct. 8, 2020.
Rising inflation and bond yields combined with slowing growth means ‘strong selling opportunity awaits in Q2′: BofA Securities
A person stands in front of the New York Stock Exchange at Wall Street in New York on Feb. 24.
Instacart cuts valuation by 40% as race in delivery space heats up
Instacart employee Jen Valencia shops for two customers at a ShopRite in Clark, New Jersey on Jan. 8.
Two surprising bottles display the diversity of wines made in Argentina’s Uco Valley
Christopher Waters
Stitching together Alberta’s history: Quilts capture the untold stories of the quilters who made them
Historic Sites of High Prairie (AQP-2-0047) Farm Women’s Union of Alberta High Prairie, AB c. 1970 This quilt is a demonstrates how aspects of Alberta’s history is documented for posterity.
The Liberal-NDP alliance is just like any majority government. That’s the problem
Andrew Coyne
War in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear-arms race in Asia
Minxin Pei is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a non-resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
B.C. says it has fulfilled promise to tackle surgery backlog, but experts say data only tell part of the story
A person wears a face mask as they walk past the emergency department of the Vancouver General Hospital on November 18, 2020. B.C. will conduct an independent review of the government's operational response to the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Toronto Mayor John Tory will seek third term in Oct. 24 election
Toronto Mayor John Tory speaks during a press conference in Toronto on Feb. 29, 2020. Toronto has unveiled a proposed 10-year plan for reconciliation with the city's Indigenous residents. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Leaked document indicates China could boost its military presence in Solomon Islands
FILE - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 9, 2019. A leaked document indicates that China could boost its military presence in the Solomon Islands — including with ship visits — in a development that is raising alarm in nearby Australia and beyond. The Solomon Islands revealed on Thursday, March 24, 2022, it had signed a policing cooperation agreement with China. But more concerning to Australia was the draft text of a broader security arrangement that was leaked online. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Chief of B.C. First Nation struck by wildfires, floods wants move to safer land with more space
Shackan Indian Band Chief Arnie Lampreau (Swakum) stands at a viewpoint above the Nicola River while showing B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth damage to Shackan land caused by last summer's wildfires and November flooding west of Merritt, B.C., on Thursday, March 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canada’s red-hot housing markets hint at cooldown as higher rates, inflation bite
A for sale sign is displayed in front of a house in the Riverdale area of Toronto on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
Ireland’s Hibernia REIT recommends shareholders accept $1.5-billion takeover bid by subsidiary of Canada’s Brookfield
FILE PHOTO: People walk to Brookfield Place off Bay Street on the day of the annual general meeting for Brookfield Asset Management shareholders in Toronto, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Rob Carrick: With bonds sinking, conservative investors are waking up to risks they never saw coming
A Bay Street sign, the main street in the financial district is seen in Toronto, January 28, 2013.
A quarter to forget: World market themes for the week ahead
This photograph taken on March 17, 2022, shows Lukoil fuel storage tanks at Rosenets Port terminal near the city of Burgas at the Black sea coast.
Oil prices up, rebound from early losses after Aramco facility attacked
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. Drilling for oil in the Permian Basin of New Mexico and Texas has been expanding but industry representatives say ramping that up further won't be easy due to labor shortages and other problems. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
There’s a stinking albatross around Patrick Brown’s neck. Why is Michelle Rempel Garner standing so close?
Robyn Urback
Canada needs a modern privacy law before allowing open banking
Rita Trichur
U.S., EU strike LNG deal as Europe seeks to wean off Russian gas
U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen leave after delivering a joint press statement at the U.S. Mission in Brussels, Belgium March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Russia-Ukraine updates: Here’s what happened on March 25
Lena Danilova, 39, walks with her daughter Kira, 2, near her house in Podolskyi neighborhood, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. (AP Photo//Rodrigo Abd)
Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
A TransAlta wind turbine is shown at a wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., Wednesday, March 9, 2016.
Morning Update: Rogers-Shaw deal clears first hurdle with CRTC approval
The Rogers Communications building at 333 Bloor Street East is photographed, in Toronto, on Friday, October 22, 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Is that a tidal wave of COVID-19 heading toward us, or just a ripple?
A man walks by an empty restaurant following a COVID-19 press briefing by Quebec Premier Francois Legault in Montreal, Thursday, January 20, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Indigenous leaders call on Catholic Church to hasten reparations
Cassidy Caron, president of Métis National Council pose for a portrait March 22, 2022 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
What it’s like to drive an EV if you rely on public chargers - costly and complicated
Charging the 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 in Toronto
As COVID-19 restrictions ease, will Toronto fans get back to the games?
Mar 19, 2022; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio (21) celebrates with teammates after scoring against D.C. United during the second half at BMO Field. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports
Proposed Canada-Britain free-trade agreement would help both countries stand together as war casts a shadow over Europe
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, before the G7 leaders' group photo during a NATO summit in Brussels, Thursday March 24, 2022. (Henry Nicholls/Pool via AP)
It’s sink-or-swim time for Canada’s oil and gas industries
A pumpjack works at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Russia signals scaled-back war aims as Ukrainian forces advance near Kyiv
A tank of the Ukrainian Army drives towards the front line in Yasnogorodk, a rural town where the Ukrainian army stopped the advance of the Russian army, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. (AP Photo/ (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Hate crimes in Canada are up. What’s being done to stop them
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, ESG considerations are having a greater impact on the bottom line. How firms can begin the journey
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Why is Ontario charging drivers to replace peeling plates? It’s the government’s fault
Andrew Clark
Tech stocks fall as Canada’s five-year bond yield - key to fixed mortgage rates - soars to highest level in a decade
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 21.
How advisors are helping support the fight for Ukraine
A large crowd gathers in Toronto to show their support for the people of Ukraine, on Sunday, February 27, 2022, following the invasion of the country by Russian forces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
When it comes to oil, the global economy is still hooked
The sun sets behind the chimneys of the Total Grandpuits oil refinery, southeast of Paris, France, March 1, 2021.
Wall Street worries that Fed was behind the curve on inflation
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders Robert Charmak, left, and Orel Partush confer on the floor, Thursday, March 24.
Friday’s small-cap stocks to watch
March 25: ‘I might even vote for one of them in 2025.’ What will Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh get done? Plus other letters to the editor
Jagmeet Singh walks to an event near Parliament Hill, Thursday, March 24, 2022 in Ottawa. The New Democratic Party leader says he expects the government's new dental-care program will reflect the NDP's vision for oral health care in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of March 26, 2022
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IIAC to put a priority on lobbying for the reduction of duplicate regulation
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Asian stocks fall after West vows more Russia sanctions
People wearing protective masks walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Friday, March 25, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets fell Friday after Western governments promised new sanctions on Russia and President Vladimir Putin tried to prop up Moscow's sinking ruble by threatening to require Europe to use it to pay for gas exports.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Everything had gone absolutely right in the men’s soccer bid for Qatar. Until Costa Rica
Cathal Kelly
Canadian men’s bid for soccer World Cup qualification put on hold after 1-0 loss to Costa Rica
Soccer Football - World Cup - Concacaf Qualifiers - Costa Rica v Canada - The National Stadium of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica - March 24, 2022 Canada's Tajon Buchanan in action with Costa Rica's Ronald Matarrita REUTERS/Mayela Lopez
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David Yurman flagship Yorkdale store gets a redesign to reflect founder’s son’s new direction
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What is toner – and should it be part of your skin care routine?
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Your daily horoscope: March 25
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